My Family in Latvian / Mana ģimene

Описание: Learn the vocabulary and phrases related to the family:
family / ģimene
mum / mamma
dad / tētis
parents / vecāki
sister / māsa (plural "māsas")
brother / brālis (plural "brāļi")
grandma / vecmamma, ome
grandpa / vectēvs, opis
grandparents / vecvecāki

New ways to say hello and goodbye are introduced:
Labdien! / Good day! or Good afternoon!
Sveiki! / Hello!
Uz redzēšanos! / Goodbye (more formal than "atā")

You will learn the possessive pronoun "my" - mans / mana / mani / manas
Latvian possessive pronouns must agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and case with the noun they refer to, and they also have different endings (highlighted in the video) for singular and plural nouns.

You will hear some adjectives. There are no articles in Latvian, but adjectives have two types of endings: the indefinite endings and definite endings. Adjectives agree in case, number, and gender with the nouns they refer to.

patient / pacietīga (feminine singular indefinite ending, nominative)
smart / gudrs (masculine singular indefinite ending, nominative)
big / lielā (feminine singular definite ending, nominative)
little or small / mazā (feminine singular definite ending, nominative)

Some nouns, phrases, numerals:
dog / suns
cat / kaķis
tractor / traktors
town / pilsēta
We have... / Mums ir...
Remember! / Atceries! (imperative 2nd person singular)
one / viens (masculine), viena (feminine)
two / divi (masculine), divas (feminine)

You will repeat the following phrases:
My name is ... / Mani sauc ...
I am... / Es esmu ...
I have ... / Man ir...

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